Geez, I feel horrible for James. He must of been goin ALL out for that drop shot... maybe sliding in the clay and lost his footing.
I've never heard of such a serious tennis injury before... Maybe a sprained ankle, pulled muscle, or a served ball to the groin (ouch! sorry dad!) but this is truly an unfortunate injury.
Hope James is back on tour soon....

I've heard of players dislocating shoulders running into the net, this is the first time I've ever heard of anyone running into the netpost! 6 weeks puts him into the U.S. open though if he can get his form back.

There was a big fuss when a kid accidentally shut down
all court lights during night hours in a local private club.
Some members were furious about the possibility of serious
injuries due to this sudden outages without prior notice.
Some of them brought up things like possible neck and spine
injuries that lead to death. They ended up making the teenager kids crying and
the club manager came out apologized for not instructing
their worker properly and so on... I thought they went too
far about the accident but I guess it is indeed possible....

i think he was playing on clay, adn kinda just slid into it. From his quotes, it doesn't seem to be too bad, will be sore for a while but should be back before the U.S. Open. I think he should take the french and possibly Wimbolton off, those are some pritty nasty injuries and he won't be up to the pro level. take the next month off and come back ready to play... and not on clay.

Geez, I feel horrible for James. He must of been goin ALL out for that drop shot... maybe sliding in the clay and lost his footing.
I've never heard of such a serious tennis injury before... Maybe a sprained ankle, pulled muscle, or a served ball to the groin (ouch! sorry dad!) but this is truly an unfortunate injury.
Hope James is back on tour soon....

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Well there have been far worse injuries in the history of tennis, like Chesnokov or the linesman killed ater getting hit by an Edberg serve. But fortunately it is extremely rare. I saw footage of Luke Jenson sliding head first into the net post area on clay once. All due sympathy to Blake, that sucks.

Well there have been far worse injuries in the history of tennis, like Chesnokov or the linesman killed ater getting hit by an Edberg serve.

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You're joking, right? Are you serious? Edberg killed a linesman with a serve?

If that's indeed true, then linespeople working Roddick's matches ought to be wearing helmets, face masks, and bulletproof vests!!!

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No, no joke. Edberg was I believe a junior at the time. At the US open, he hit a serve, the linesman could not get out of the way. The way I heard it, he was hit in the groin, fell over, hit his head on the court and went into coma. Not sure of all the details, but yes, this really happened.

Wow, after a HUGE fire, lack of spectators, James' head and spine injuries,and early elimination of or lack of top stars this Can't be considered the most sucessful Rome tournament. Good luck James, our prayers are with you.

Oucchheee, If I was the one who hit the serve then I would be traumatised for life.

How did Edberg cope!

Liam

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You know I often wondered that myself. Not that he is to blame in any way. I've never heard him speak of it nor anyone ask him of it. Guess it's obviously a touchy subject. You can't really say "hey remember that guy you killed with a serve?"

Just so you know I did not make this up:
"Note: The freakiest fatality occurred on the tennis court. At the Junior Boys’ Final of the 1983 U.S. Open, linesman Richard Wertheim was hit in the groin by a serve from eventual champion Stefan Edberg. Wertheim toppled backward, hitting his head on the court. He died in the hospital five days later of a subdural hematoma."

No, no joke. Edberg was I believe a junior at the time. At the US open, he hit a serve, the linesman could not get out of the way. The way I heard it, he was hit in the groin, fell over, hit his head on the court and went into coma. Not sure of all the details, but yes, this really happened.

Yes, sadly it is all too true. 1983 US Open Boys Junior final. Edberg hit linesman Richard Wertheimer who fell and hit his head on the court fracturing his skull and went into a coma and later died.

James on his injury...to-day google sports news James on his injury "I'm still a little sore but feeling much better. I am doing fine and was pleased to hear positive news today from the doctors who are treating me here in Rome," Blake said. "There was no neurological damage and all reports indicate that I will be back on the court soon. I feel pretty lucky. It's probably a good thing I went to see the pope!"

ya, i kid on my high school tennis team almost did the same thing. He was running for a drop shot, and couldnt stop in time, so he ran into the net, and flipped over it. I thought it was really funny, cause he didnt get hurt seriously, but i feel really bad for blake...

Wow sounds pretty bad. I usally have a strong stomach but seeing someone sprain their ankle where their foot makes a right-angle with their leg as they stop after chasing a dropshot is also horrible. Becker's wrist injury was pretty severe.

Wow sounds pretty bad. I usally have a strong stomach but seeing someone sprain their ankle where their foot makes a right-angle with their leg as they stop after chasing a dropshot is also horrible. Becker's wrist injury was pretty severe.

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Be glad you never saw Chesnokov. Worst and clearest sports accident I remember seeing.

Wow sounds pretty bad. I usally have a strong stomach but seeing someone sprain their ankle where their foot makes a right-angle with their leg as they stop after chasing a dropshot is also horrible. Becker's wrist injury was pretty severe.

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Be glad you didn't see Chesnokov. It was ugly and clear. His entire leg folded up under him resulting in multiple fractures from the ankle all the way up to the hip. UGLY!

Speaking of injuries and Edberg, he had to default in the 1989 AO (to Muster in the Semi) because he took a bad step after hitting a serve. It paralyzed him from the waiste down for a few hours and took him out of play for quite a while.